WEDNESDAY RESULTS - October 3

(baseball headlines)

UNDATED (AP) - Baseball's postseason begins Friday with a pairof one-game playoffs among the wild card teams. In the NationalLeague, St. Louis travels to Atlanta to play the Braves and theirhot starter Kris Medlen while in the American League, Baltimoretravels to Texas to play the two-time AL champion Rangers.

UNDATED (AP) - The other baseball pairings are set, some decidedon the 162nd game of the regular season. The AL East champion NewYork Yankees will open on the road Sunday against the wild cardwinner, either Baltimore or Texas. Detroit will play Oakland in theother AL playoff series, starting Saturday.

UNDATED (AP) - On Saturday night, Johnny Cueto willstart for visiting Cincinnati against Matt Cain and San Franciscoin Game 1 of the NL division series. On Sunday, the WashingtonNationals with the best record in baseball at 98-54 send out21-game winner Gio Gonzalez against the winner of theAtlanta-St. Louis one-game playoff.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Miguel Cabrera received a standingovation at Kauffman Stadium after going 0-for-2 but securingbaseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years. The Detroit thirdbaseman finished the regular season with a .330 average, 44 homersand 139 RBI, the first Triple Crown winner since Boston's CarlYastrzemski in 1967, and 10th in baseballhistory.

(football)

HIGH SCHOOL -- CLASS 4A - division 1(#7)Sioux City East 27 (#9)Urbandale 21

COLLEGE: (#13)U-S-C 38 Utah 28

N-F-L game: St. Louis 17 Arizona 3

FRIDAY RESULTS - October 5

(high school football)

(LE MARS) -- Brady Ross gouged the Le Mars Bulldogs for 191 yards rushing and two touchdowns to lead the Humboldt Wildcats to a 21-12 non-district football win Friday night at Jim Lorenzen Field. Ben Jacobson opened the scoring with a 58-yard TD pass to Landon Nokleby in the first quarter for Humboldt. Travis Kinney ran two yards for the first Bulldogs score to cut the Wildcats lead to 7-6 before Ross' two TD runs made it 21-6 in the fourth quarter. Levi TeBrink connected with Brennan Buss on a 12-yard scoring pass late in the game but the touchdown proved to be too little, too late as Le Mars fell to 5-and-2 for the season. Humboldt out-gained Le Mars 407-to-207 for the game. Le Mars returns to district play next Friday, hosting Storm Lake in their final regular season home game. Game time will be 7:30.

(HULL) -- Western Christian all but snuffed out Gehlen Catholic's playoff hopes for 2012 with a 29-7 win at Hull Friday night in Class 1A District 1 football action. In a mistake-marred game that featured four turnovers by both teams, the Wolfpack and Jays combined for 21 points in a scoring flurry in the final three minutes of the first half. A first quarter safety by Western Christian had been the only scoring to that point. Michael Den Herder hauled in a 14-yard scoring pass from Daniel Van Maanen to put the Wolfpack in front 9-0 with 3:12 to play before halftime. Gehlen answered with a five play, 87-yard drive that Blake Wiltgen ended with a two yard TD run to cut the deficit to 9-7. Brady Van't Hul returned the ensuing kickoff 85 yards for a back-breaking touchdown and Western Christian took a 16-7 lead to the locker room. After a scoreless third quarter, Gehlen fumbled a fair catch attempt on a punt at their own six yard line to set up a three-yard run by Drew Van Sloten to extend the lead to 22-7 and after failing to convert a fourth down play late in the game, Gehlen turned the ball over to the Wolfpack at the five and Brady Van't Hul quickly converted that opportunity into points with a three-yard run. The Jays threw for 206 yards but rushed for only five yards. The Wolfpack featured alittle more balance with 188 yards rushing and 157 yards passing. Gehlen falls to 2-and-5 for the season and 2-and-3 in district play. Next week, Gehlen plays a non-district game at Unity Christian in their final road trip of the season. The game will be carried on KLEM starting with the Tony Gunter Pregame Show at 6:45. Kickoff is set for 7 o'clock at DeValois Field on the Northwestern College campus.

(major league baseball Wild Card games)

NATIONAL LEAGUE: St. Louis 6 Atlanta 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE: Baltimore 5 Texas 1

ATLANTA (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals took advantage of threeerrors by Atlanta's infield to score four unearned runs in a 6-3win over the Braves. Matt Holliday hit a solo homer and winningpitcher Kyle Lohse (lohsh) allowed two runs and six hits whilestriking out six in 5 2/3 innings. The win puts the Redbirds in theNLDS against the Washington Nationals.

ATLANTA (AP) - Braves third baseman Chipper Jones went 1-for-5with an error in his final major league game on Friday. Jones'throwing error led to two unearned runs as Atlanta lost to St.Louis 6-3 in the NL wild-card game. He was 0-for-4 before beatingout an infield single with two out in the bottom of the ninth.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - It will be the Baltimore Orioles againstthe New York Yankees in the ALDS after the Birds downed the Rangers5-1 in Texas. Joe Saunders combined with three relievers on aneight-hitter to help the Orioles win their first playoff game since1997. Nate McLouth drove in two runs and Robert Andino scored twiceas the Orioles ended the Rangers' two-year run as American Leaguechampions.

SATURDAY RESULTS - October 6

(volleyball)

Western Christian Tournament at Hull (Le Mars went 2-and-4 and finished 6th. Their season record stands at 19-and-11)

(major league baseball Divisional playoffs - beat-of-five series)

DETROIT (AP) - Justin Verlander struck out 11 while allowingonly a run and three hits over seven innings as Detroit beatOakland 3-1 to win the opener of their American League DivisionSeries. Verlander didn't allow a run after Coco Crisp led off thegame with a homer. Quintin Berry snapped a 1-1 tie with an RBIsingle in the third inning before. Alex Avila's fifth-inning homercapped the scoring.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Brandon Phillips belted a two-run homer andJay Bruce added a solo shot as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Giants5-2 in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Mat Latosworked four innings of relief after Reds starter JohnnyCueto left two batters into the bottom of the first dueto back spasms.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds routed San Francisco9-0 last night to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five NationalLeague Division Series. Ryan Ludwick homered and Bronson Arroyoretired the first 14 batters in a dominating pitching performancefor the Reds, holding the Giants to one hit over seven innings.

BALTIMORE (AP) - Russell Martin's leadoff home run in the ninthinning keyed a five-run uprising in the ninth in the New YorkYankees' 7-2 win over Baltimore in the opener of that AL DivisionSeries. This was the Orioles' first playoff game in 15 years andthey will home again for Game 2 Monday night.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - In their first postseason appearance in theirhistory, the Washington Nationals rallied for a 3-2 victory of St.Louis in the opener of their NL Division Series. Rookie Tyler Mooredelivered a two-out, two-run pinch-hit single in the eighth inningfor the go-ahead run.

DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers have taken a 2-0 lead in theirAL Division Series against Oakland. Don Kelly's walkoff sacrificefly gave the Tigers a 5-4 victory with Game 3 set for Oakland onTuesday night.

NEW ORLEANS (AP)- New Orleans QB Drew Brees threw four TD passeslast night to set the NFL record with touchdown passes in 48straight games, breaking the mark set by Johnny Unitas ahalf-century ago. The record-setting scoring strike was a 40-yardpass to Devery Henderson in the Saints' 31-24 win over the SanDiego Chargers.